Lactic Acid → Tetramethylammonium lactate

HRID 1656724Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1656724 reaction equation
[OH-].[CH3:2][N+:3]([CH3:6])([CH3:5])[CH3:4].[C:7]([OH:12])(=[O:11])[CH:8]([CH3:10])[OH:9]>>[C:7]([O-:12])(=[O:11])[CH:8]([CH3:10])[OH:9].[CH3:2][N+:3]([CH3:6])([CH3:5])[CH3:4]

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 612Lactic AcidHCID 60966Tetramethylammonium hydroxide

Product 1

HCID 21900266Tetramethylammonium lactate

Procedure

Tetramethylammonium lactate dehydrate was prepared by the addition of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (25% in methanol) to an equivalent amount of lactic acid (85% aqueous solution) with cooling on ice followed by solvent removal and the addition of sufficient water to form the dehydrate.

Workup

  1. temperaturewith cooling on ice
  2. customfollowed by solvent removal
  3. additionthe addition of sufficient water
  4. customto form the dehydrate

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-68b2f423fc3c482eb7aa6e34d241c74d
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1993_10
Patent number
US05254718

Reaction notes

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